A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White

School Library Journal

Reviewed on September 1, 2017 | Elementary

Gr 2–5—The lean, carefree verse treads lightly through events in E.B. White's life and occasionally lingers on rich, imagistic descriptions of the rural rhythms that so inspired him ("Elwyn's senses sharpened/to the ripe scent of manure,/the creak of harness leather,/the perfect shape of eggs…"). These particular moments shine and could provide useful material for poetry units on writing using the sens...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on October 1, 2017

The writer E. B. White is introduced here in spare text and warm images, with a focus on White's love of nature and animals as well as the creation of his first two children's books. With just a few sentences on each page, Herkert effectively evokes White's own prose, filled with sensory detail and phrases that roll off the tongue: "His ears captured an owl's query, the breeze's beckoning, the scuffing of horse hooves." Castillo's illustrations mirror the text with natural colors (warm browns predominate) an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on March 1, 2018

The writer E. B. White is introduced here in spare text and warm images, with a focus on White's love of nature and animals as well as the creation of his first two children's books. With just a few sentences on each page, Herkert effectively evokes White's own prose, filled with sensory detail and phrases that roll off the tongue: "His ears captured an owl's query, the breeze's beckoning, the scuffing of horse hooves." Castillo's illustrations mirror the text with natural colors (warm browns predominate) an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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